Oil can



c.y s .JoHNsToNl ou CAN. APPLICATION FILED APR. I2, I9l.9

Patented June 6, 1922.

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annuario UNITED STATES g CLARENCE s. JOHNSTON, OEGLENDIVE, MONTANA." j i OIL CAN;

To all whom 'it may concern.' y

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. JOHNSTON,

a citizen of the kUnited States, residin Glendive, in the county of Dawson and tate of Montana, have invented a new and use` ful Oil Can, of which the following is a speciication. I

This invention relates to improvements inv teriorly and at a convenient point for manipulation, so that oil may be ejected from the can through the spout by merely depressing the pump, which automatically returns when released.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of an oil can which is simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, and thoroughly eficient and practical in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view and which will appear as the descripl tion proceeds, my invention residesin the combination and arrangement of parts here-= inafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims, the scope of the invention,A

being limited claimed.

In the accompanying drawings l Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and section of an oil can made according embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken v0n line 2 2 of Figure 1. y Y

Referring to the drawings, the rnumeral 5 designates the body or receptacle ofthe can having the solid portion 6 of the spout carried thereby, the flexible portion 7 being in communication therewith and provided with the solid outlet end 8. Mounted within the body upon the center of the bottom'thereof, is the lower cup member of the pump, which is in communication with the lower end of the solid portion 6 of the spout. rlhe upper inverted cup member 10 of thev pump is of slightly less diameter than the member 9, so that when the same is'depressed, as will presently appear `it will telescope within the member 9, and cause the however only by what is oil which normally enters the member 9 as atv - the Oil inlet to and i Application filed April 12,:1919. Serial No. 289,557.

. indicatedby the arrows to be ejected through Specification ofLetter's'iPatentfj' i Patented' the spout. x A spring 11 surroundsthe stemv y y 12, which is carried 'bythe member 9and has mounted thereon sli'dably the'member 10, so that the member 10is normallyheld 1n the position as 'shown and thus'providesy 13 between vthe two members 9 and 10; y f

The rod 111k is operably connected tothe top ofthe member'lO and extends through n the removable filling cap 15, and carries the i y manipulating button 16,v which is thus in "z ready access to the thumb of `the `operator when holding the. Canby its.v handle.. Al u* spring bracket 17 is attached to the inner' wall of the can and to the member 110, to assist in the return of the member lO and also the steadying of thesame in its reciprocatory movement. Y

This maybe dispensed with, however,

in view ofthe fact that the rod 151: islslightlyl inclined, it is thought that amore durableconstruction will 1beproduced.

What I claim, as new, s: f

1. An @i1 @an including a body-having a' lbottom, a cup `member li'xedlyfrnounted 'on said" bottom and inthe body, 'anfoutlet spout cup. member of less diameter thanfan'd adaptintegral with said member and extending; i k along' the outer side of the body, an inverted y ed to move downwardly into-'the first named cup member, a spring bracket secured with-` in the body'for yieldingly 'supporting the inverted cup member, a spacing spring 1nterv` -posed' between and vhoused ywithin thetwo cup members, and means extending upward-` ly through. the top ofthe body for depress? ing the inverted cup member to forceit into y the other cup memberand expel a portion of f l the two cup members being normally spaced the contents of the body `through the spout,

apart to provide an annular inlet to the cupV members.

I 2. An oil can includingxa body, a vcup'` member fizredly mounted on the bottom of said body, a rigid outlet, spout extending from the cup member and lthrough an open-` ing in the wall ofthe body-"and thence alongr the outerside ofthe body, Van inverted cup member of less ldiameter than and adapted to move downwardly into lthelirstnamed cup member, a spring bracket secured within the body for yyiel'dingly supporting the in'- verted cup member, a spacing spring vinterposed between and housed withinvthetwo 2 e 1,4ie,57e

@up membersi means extending upwardly through lie top of tbe body for depressing Y. the inverted cup member to force it into tbe other cup member and expel ay portion of the Contents of the body through tliespout, the

two 'Cup members being normally spaced,

aparttoprovide an annular inlet to the cup members. f

lnvtest-imony that I'elaim the foregoing als my owna l bave hereto eflixed my signaturel 10 in the piesence of two witnesses. y

CLARENCE S. JUHNSTON. LWitnesses l y M. J. HUGHES,

G. P. DEQWLEY. 

